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A man who was ordered by a court to undergo a DNA test in a contested paternity case did not suffer a violation of his right to privacy, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. In today's Chamber judgment in the case of Mifsud v Malta, the Court held, unanimously, that there had been n

Human rights groups have called for the release of Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for "subverting state power". Mr Quanzhang was the last lawyer awaiting a verdict in connection with a 2015 crackdown which targeted nearly 250 human rights la

The Russian government has unveiled plans to allow officials to escape prosecution for bribery or other acts of corruption in "exceptional circumstances". Anti-corruption groups have derided the announced move from a country frequently ranked as one of the most corrupt in the world.

An egg company in Galway has been granted an injunction restraining its former supplier from trading under a similar name, after the Court of Appeal found that the actions of its competitor constituted the tort of passing off. Overturning the High Court’s dismissal of the claim, Ms Justice Car

Construction consultancy firm Quigg Golden has relaunched as a specialist law firm in order to reflect "the changing needs of players within the industry".

Dublin-based Mason Hayes & Curran has reported an eight per cent rise in revenue last year to total €82 million. The firm welcomed "solid and sustainable growth" in a year in which it also appointed 12 new partners, bringing its total partner count to 87.

International law firm Maples and Calder has rebranded as Maples Group with effect from today. The law firm and MaplesFS, which comprises Maples Fiduciary and Maples Fund Services, have consolidated their offerings under a single brand.

Lawyers Adrian Carroll, Eliona Gjecaj and Kieran Murphy have been appointed to serve on a new committee scrutinising Ireland's record on the rights of disabled people. The Disability Advisory Committee, made up of 11 members, is the first-ever statutory advisory committee in Ireland to support monit

An obituary of barrister Garrett Cooney SC, who passed away earlier this month, has been published by The Irish Times. Mr Cooney, originally from Co Longford, called to the Bar in 1960 and called to the Inner Bar in 1977.

A District Court judge held a "special sitting" in a field in a bid to gain first-hand insight into a dispute over the building of a countryside wall. Judge Patrick Durcan had to borrow a pair of wellies from An Garda Síochána to venture into a field near Kinvara for the "special sitti

The Government's Abhaile scheme to provide free financial and legal advice to mortgage holders is "delivering results", according to new reports. Nearly 11,700 individual borrowers (over 10,000 households) in mortgage arrears have received independent expert Abhaile financial advice and negotiation

Retired judges examining allegedly flawed Garda investigations have asked for more time to conduct their inquires, The Times reports. Patrick Clyne, Patrick McMahon and Donagh McDonagh were appointed in 2017 to consider complaints about three separate Garda investigations.

The law "still has trouble seeing children as real people", the president of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, has said. The senior judge reflected on the human rights of children and people with mental disabilities as she delivered the Society of Legal Scholars Centenary Lecture 2018 at the University

Spanish airport authorities are searching for the owner of a private jet which has been parked for years. Nobody knows who owns the the McDonnell Douglas MD87 jet, big enough to seat up to 172 passengers, which is sitting in Adolfo Suárez-Madrid Barajas airport.

A construction company that changed the terms of its loan agreements with IBRC, allowing for an expert to estimate the amount of profit to be evenly distributed, has lost its appeal to the Supreme Court. Finding that the agreement entered into in 2011 bound the company to accept the terms of agreeme